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A Little Roundup 07.21.22

7/21/2022

 

Looking Up Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Andriy Protsenko's road to a high jump World Championships bronze medal went through harrowing training conditions during the Russian invasion of Ukrainian.
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Andriy Protsenko (Getty Images)
Long sprinter Anastasiia Bryzhina gives a firsthand account of the impact the Russian invasion has had on her Ukrainian homeland and fellow athletes.

​Veteran soccer player Sara Gama writes a letter to her younger self on what a career to expect.

Team Australia standout Sam Kerr is the first female soccer player on the cover of a FIFA video game.

Meanwhile, Team USA star Alex Morgan has moved on from tea to margaritas.

Triathlete Paula Findlay 'admits victory would be particularly sweet' at a hometown competition this coming weekend in Edmonton.

Count superstar Michael Phelps as a fan of fellow swimmer Ryan Murphy's World Championship performance earlier this summer.

Team Australia's swimming prospects at the Commonwealth Games takes a hit with the withdrawals of two key athletes.

Hugo Houle wins a Tour de France stage for the first time by a Canadian since 1988, in emotional honor of his brother.

More Tour de France...star and veteran Mark Cavendish may not be there this year, but has no plans to retire just yet.

Rio 2016 tennis Olympian Daria Kasatkina opens up on the challenges of being a publicly out LGBTQ athlete in Russia.

Two-time Olympian Lleyton Hewitt talks with Tennis.com ahead of his entering the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

More tennis: Naomi Osaka announces a new collaboration with fashion label Levi's.

Did the recent World Games whet the appetite for audiences to see more of breaking?

Former rugby sevens star Greg O'Shea makes the gossip pages again, enjoying a single life for summer.

Are Team USA basketball stars LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Anthony Davis re-committed to another year with the Los Angeles Lakers?

Finishing in 16th place in the World Athletics Championships women's marathon on Monday was Team Finland's Alisa Vainio...enjoy a little awkwardly-translated feature on Take to News...

And, catch up on eighth-place marathon finisher Keira D'Amato, who is 'focusing on fun' as she targets running faster.

Meanwhile, via Team USA...fellow marathoner Sara Hall is 'running as well as ever at age 39'.

Collegian Anna Hall's World Championships bronze medal brings back Team USA into the global mix of the heptathlon.

Ryan Crouser may be a 'nerd', but he's now shot put Olympic and world champion.

Devon Allen still isn't done with track, even after his Worlds hurdling DQ and the NFL calling.

Hurdler Sarah Lavin 'relishes' her World Championship opportunity after her recent 'injury woes'.

Meanwhile fellow Irish hurdler Thomas Barr experiences his "most disappointing performance ever" at a track championships.

NBC Sports: Is Faith Kipeygon 'the greatest female mile champ in history at track worlds'?

Champion decathlete Damian Warner got to where he is in part due to two English teachers.

Heptathlete Adrianna Sulek 'goes viral' with a trademark javelin throw approach.

Let's Run breaks down *that* surprising 1500 meter race won by Jake Wightman.

After Tokyo 2020 success, middle-distance runner Laura Muir relishes finally having a Worlds medal, too.

Take a peek at 'Blank Canvas', freestyle skier Nico Porteous' video project with sponsor Red Bull.

Figure skating great and double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu makes his retirement official.
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Yuzuru Hanyu (Chen Jianli/Xinhua/Getty Images)

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